License Renewal for Illinois Dental Hygienists is scheduled for September 30, 2024. 

Make sure that you are getting your 36 hours of Continuing Education completed before the end of September.  Mandatory CEs include:

• Mandated Reporter (every 6 years)
  
• Implicit Bias (Free)
• CPR
  
• Sexual Harassment 
  

If you are seeking information regarding: application for licensure, Dental Hygienists scope of practice, and Continuing Education rules - here's where you can find this information:

http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/06801220sections.html

• View a breakdown of the IL DPA here
• Read the entire IL DPA here
• Read the IL Dental Rules here
• Information regarding seeing a patient before a dentist performs the exam.
• Information regarding the scope of practice for a dental hygienist with the PHDH certification.
• IMPORTANT information regarding the 2021 renewal requirements.
• Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Information
• DCFS Mandated Reporter Training Information